There’s been growing interest in developing GPU-based approaches for OpenSees. That’s exciting work, and it’s important to encourage...

Why Earthquake Design Allows Higher Collapse Risk (and Why That’s Okay) As you know, I am one of the proponents of a proposal that is...

I asked ChatGPT: "I have noticed that when I criticize the technical content of a linked-in post, the other person's response addressed...

In my web development I have been working directly with Javascript and HTML -- I'm a fan of working with the raw language. So when...

is ChatGPT my tech-sherpa or shaman.... let's unpack that!

Yes you read that right: Jupyter BOOKs , not notebooks.... I've been asked to look into Jupyter books instead of just plain markdown for...

As you know, I like to break my input into several smaller files. While packaging code into functions is great for reusability, it...

I have been using concurrent.futures for a while now, but ChatGPT keeps mentioning multiprocessing and not concurrent futures.... so I...

Lot's of content out there showing you how to run each of these, but i have not found a detailed enough description of these two...

The map method confuses me, so I typically use the submit method. I am hoping ChatGPT helps me understand it better, so I know when to...

🧠 What Is Kubernetes? Kubernetes is an open-source platform  for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized...

I thought Node.JS was just javascript..... so I asked ChatGPT: "what is the difference between javascript and node.JS" And here is the...

Now that I know I want to process my data in a Lambda function in AWS (YES I LOVE LAMBDAS ON AWS!!!), I had one more question for...

I asked ChatGPT the following question today, I'm excited about the answer it gave me and I thought it might provide useful insight for...

I love applying the Socratic method to my own learning—question everything! This often leads to fascinating conversations with ChatGPT...

The NEHRI SimCenter has developed a very useful set of tools. There is one problem: they do so much, it's impossible to put that into a...

I now wanted to learn how they are used, this may help me understand them better.... Awesome! Let's go through two real-world scenarios...

Awesome! Let’s go step by step through running a simulation in EE-UQ  to analyze how a 5-story reinforced concrete building  responds to...

Great! Let's go step by step through running an optimization and uncertainty quantification (UQ) analysis  in quoFEM . We'll optimize the...

The two example scenarios for EE-UQ and quoFEM were nice, and they showed their strength. However, they were for very different systems,...

Of course, I needed a summary of the two tools.... Great request! Here's a summary comparing EE-UQ and quoFEM  for analyzing a 5-story...

Below are two detailed examples of how you would use the two tools. This helps you finalize your understanding on when to use each tool:...

Absolutely! Let’s walk through a quoFEM optimization example  where you start with a preliminary 5-story RC building model  and optimize...

ChatGPT and I could go on forever, but I couldn't turn it down when it offered to step-up our game! Awesome! Let’s take the 5-story RC...